The Paradox of Urban Space: Inequality and Transformation in Marginalized Communities

Introduction: Place as Marginality and Possibility S.E.Sutton & S.P.Kemp PART I: PLACE, RACE, AND POWER Place: A Site of Social and Environmental Inequity S.E.Sutton & S.P.Kemp Struggling for the Right to Housing: A Critical Analysis of the Evolution of West Seattle's High Point S.E.Sutton The Ultimate Team Sport?: Urban Waterways and Youth Rowing in Seattle, Washington A.T.Wessells Recognizing the Lived Experience of Place: Challenges to Genuine Participation in Redeveloping Public Housing Communities L.C.Manzo Beyond Insiders and Outsiders: Conceptualizing Multiple Dimensions of Community Development Stakeholders L.H.Ishem PART II: PLACEMAKING AS LIVING DEMOCRACY Place: A Site of Individual and Collective Transformation S.E.Sutton & S.P.Kemp Refusing Marginality: Youth as Critical Placemakers in Urban Communities S.P.Kemp Supporting Grassroots Resistance: Sustained Community/University Partnerships to Contest Chicago's HOPE VI Program R.M.Feldman Mutual Learning in a Community-University Partnership: What Design-Build Projects Contribute to Placemaking and Placemakers S.Badanes PART III: NEW TOOLS, NEW PROFESSIONAL ROLES Transforming Communities through Mapping: Harnessing the Potential of New Technologies A.Hillier On the Social Construction of Place: Using Participatory Methods and Digital Tools to Reconceive Distressed Urban Neighborhoods M.Kelley Documenting (In) Justice: Community-based Participatory Research and Video C.Cahill & M.Bradley Socially Conscious Design in the Information Age: The Practice of an Architecture for Humanity D.Smolker & C.Lanza Conclusions: Toward a Praxis of Transformative Placemaking S.E.Sutton & S.P.Kemp